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Senior Crew ([personal profile] dropoffs) wrote2024-04-10 12:09 pm
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GRAVEYARD... 4!


GR͏∀VE̴Y͞A̵ЯD     18 DECOMMISSIONED
t̀h̡e u͝nḑerbe̸l͞l̵y ̸o͜f th̴è ̡şh̷i͠p.
 
Crushing pressure is the initial sensation you can recall upon awakening. The stench of fetid, hot steam fills your nose, motes of dust and dirt floating upwards to cling to your skin. Down you are pulled to the cold ground, and all at once you realize you have forgotten to breathe. As you gasp back to life, you are flung onto a pile of scraps and trash, as the enormous machine that spat you out grumbles a little, and then goes silent. You are whole somehow, alive... but at what cost?

Popping out of the grinder, you look yourself over and find that any injuries you may have incurred during your death will be healed. While the scars that remain from the process will serve as a stark reminder, you will be able to get up on your own two feet without issue.

Thin, tapering metal (?) claws unhook from overhead and lower themselves, proceeding to guide you around. Your clothing starts sticking uncomfortably to your skin in the humidity of this strange, new place. Overhead you can hear the tinny humming of flickering lights overhead, arranged in a singular, thin strip and snaking around the serpentine halls. Along exposed pipes, wires, and the walls, a rust-colored substance creeps in web-like patterns, climbing towards the ceiling lights.

The deep grinding and groaning of the ship begin to meld into one low, deep moan from all around. It dips and rises in pitch, and becomes sickening to listen to if you focus on it for too long. Maybe, it's the ship's way of saying Welcome, to the underbelly of the CSS Eudora, home of the decommissioned.
Some things to keep in mind, while amongst the dead:

💀 Mini-events will be posted on WEDNESDAY at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, and are due at the same time they are for the living. Any changes to the schedule will be announced in the graveyard channels.

💀 Weekly effects will still hit you here, in the belly of the ship. Mods will make sure to announce any special changes based on being the graveyard; otherwise, please assume everything is 1:1!

💀 While not perfect, there is a healing factor in place. It is extremely sluggish, uncomfortable, and does not negate the fact that you're injured and likely in pain. If the injury is too severe, you might wind up dying from it if left untreated. Again. If you have a pre-existing condition like an illness that has been exacerbated by factors beyond your control, you will find that for the time being these symptoms are at their most minor.

💀 That said, while double death is possible, you'll find yourself reviving after 4 hours fully healed, but feeling like complete garbage for the rest of the day. Message your mods if you find yourself getting killed while dead, though! There might be a special surprise involved.

💀 Your possessions, minus clothing besides what you're wearing now, can be found in the bunk pods and their storage. Yes, while it might not include clothes, it does include any Omegamart Promotional Items, Scrap purchases, home items, etc that you were in possession of. if you had a lot of things, the cubby might jam or have difficulty closing. Better organize. If you arrive on Saturday during trial, belongings will return at the end of trial.

💀 Communications, while you cannot text via I.R.I.S., you can still send messages through HER-MES. All other functions for I.R.I.S. are available along with direct data transfers. Dead can send private letters to the living! An inbox can be accessed from the family computer at the canteen. If you find it locked, it is because we are updating it.

💀 Living livestream is broadcasted on the TV screen in the canteen!
✔️ Upgraded Quality ✔️ Audio ✔️ Translit Captions that sometimes fuck up ✔️ Dramatic panning ✔️ Color

💀 Planet locations are free to use! Upon the Eudora landing planetside, you will find that as you meander through the various parts of the Belly you may run into one of locations of the current planet instead of where you were meaning to go. These locations are indeed still populated, but the people are more like wisps and will not react much to any conversation. Though you can interact with stuff there you cannot take anything with you out of the location "rooms".
egodist: (✧ that you've fattened up deliciously)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-04-12 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I should get back to work...

[buries his face in the crook of dion's neck instead]
verminous: (story_027)

[personal profile] verminous 2024-04-12 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'm fine not joining, Owner, I'm not gonna get good that fast...

[he accepts the cup when it's held up to him, taking a sip.]
egodist: (✧ and you want them back)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-04-12 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, the big hot bath. [sure] That wasn't bad.
rosebleed: @polarsirens on tumblr (005)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-12 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'll believe you.

[But she pokes him in the ribs a little.]

If I find out you're pulling the wool over my eyes, though...
discomfort: (chōchinbi)

[personal profile] discomfort 2024-04-12 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[ he sips his chocolate. ]

It is simply what I've seen.
verminous: (story_016)

[personal profile] verminous 2024-04-12 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
...and Artemy, yeah.

[and also like half of them including arthur and charles and shoma, but. those three especially.]
discomfort: (rokurokubi)

[personal profile] discomfort 2024-04-12 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ he is just imagining rats trying to steal weapons. ]

Oh. Sometimes vermin are just rather hateful for no reason.
rosebleed: @twoeggyyolks on tumblr (051)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
The sugar doesn't make you crash?

[She takes a sip of her own and leans. Shoulder touch.]

Though I suppose you're right. Everyone's got to be wiped out, after today. I'm surprised we all made it out here together.
discomfort: (hiyoribō)

[personal profile] discomfort 2024-04-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
In a proper inn, the baths can be its main draw!
egodist: (✧ take my hand)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-04-12 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Even I struggle to resist the call of a good pillow...

[he hasn't slept in a bed for a full night's sleep in about sixty years but a good nap.... unmatched

he'll turn his head to press his face against her hair]
discomfort: (gashadokuro)

[personal profile] discomfort 2024-04-12 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Not with that attitude.

[ glancing at the living curfew and seeing them talking about owner playing suika. there is a brief moment where he wonders if he has a problem, but decides that no, he does not. ]

In any case, it can be soothing... a good way to spend time while you wait.
egodist: (✧ i made a deal with the demons)

[personal profile] egodist 2024-04-12 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Is that what it's like in other countries?

[ ]
rosebleed: @magicratfingers on tumblr (034)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'll do my best.

[It's both comforting to be surrounded by people when you sleep, and very much not. Especially now that their powers are back.

She wriggles to be closer to him, but clasps her hands around the briars at her waist. Sleep, peacefully, and only until the morning. Only until the morning.]
artificialsweetener: (some people lie and believe)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[NOT HER LIL BLEEDING SELF... He's very careful as he shifts her hair to get a look.]

Is there any way to remove them? Is that something you would want...?

[He doesn't know her relationship with these briars except for the part where she had to fight them to kill her own ass.]
artificialsweetener: (i'll miss keeping you)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
It was only a matter of time! [Said with BLINDING OPTIMISM.] I'm so glad everyone is working hard together; we'll be out of here before you know it!
artificialsweetener: (you'll ever learn)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks pleased! His pats...]

Oh, around twenty or so. They all just looked so lonely, you know?
artificialsweetener: (wanna play cheat now)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He will simply have to join half of them in unconsciousness...]
artificialsweetener: (there was a girl)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[NOT HIS EMOTIONS... He reaches out to gently patpat Gregor's shoulder.]

Exactly! That's the spirit!
artificialsweetener: (i'll miss keeping you)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[WHY ARE THEY OUT HERE WITH SO MANY RATS HELP.]

Oh, that sounds so cute! I think we should, so we can all match! Friends in death!

[The death rat squad...]
agamid: (dion030)

[personal profile] agamid 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh okay rolls his eyes ]

Rest now. If there is work to be done, I shall complete it.

[ he knows literally nothing about science ]
artificialsweetener: (and after a while)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you're really so set on it, I think it would be the cutest thing if we all had ones that matched! Don't you?

[DON'T MAKE DION MAKE ALMOST 20 FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.]
artificialsweetener: (there was a girl)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[IMAGINE HE JUST STARTS USING THEIR ONE GLUE STICK FOR THIS.]

Bracelets! I think they're usually made of beads or string in this case...

[How weird when he has mostly just seen bracelets from the Royal Family which are definitely not made from beads or string.]
artificialsweetener: (あれ)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[HELP he just gives her a mildly quizzical look.]

What do you mean?
artificialsweetener: (would you linger)

[personal profile] artificialsweetener 2024-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Every night at the Institute is practically a sleepover!

[JUST A BUNCH OF INSANE SCIENTISTS UP TOGETHER TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AT ASS OCLOCK.]
ravenry: (115)

[personal profile] ravenry 2024-04-12 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ she will intermittently snooze on him, too, because he is that warm, but she won't be lulled to full sleep with so many people around. ]